User talk:Mickey Srivastava

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Hello, Mickey Srivastava, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! —C.Fred (talk) 22:17, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
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January 2011
Welcome to Wikipedia. Please be aware of Wikipedia's policy that biographical information about living persons must not include unsupported or inaccurate statements. Whenever you add possibly controversial statements about a living person to an article or any other Wikipedia page, as you did to Ami Trivedi, you must include proper sources. If you don't know how to cite a source, you may want to read Referencing for beginners for guidelines. Thank you. Getting your information from knowing the person personally is original research, which is prohibited on Wikipedia, especially on biographies of living people. Nat682 (talk) 22:10, 2 January 2011 (UTC)


 * As you agreed when you edited the page, "Encyclopedic content must be verifiable." Given the choice between content that is cited to reliable sources and content that is unsourced—even when the editor claims personal knowledge of the subject—the reliably-sourced content is preferred under Wikipedia guidelines. —C.Fred (talk) 22:18, 2 January 2011 (UTC)


 * If you do think the information in Ami Trivedi should be changed, here's a couple of suggestions on how to proceed:
 * Go in smaller chunks. Large, wholesale revisions of the article are hard to evaluate and are more likely to be reverted. Go smaller: adding a filmography would be an appropriate place to start.
 * Provide reliable sources for each assertion changed. If, as is happening in another article, you change somebody's birthday, reference the source that shows the birthday. This allows other editors to verify the change.
 * If changes are contested and reverted, then you'll need to discuss the changes at Talk:Ami Trivedi. You'll have to provide your reasoning on why the change should be made. You'll then have to wait for discussion to occur; if and only if consensus emerges to make the change, then the article will be changed.
 * I hope this helps. If you have questions, please ask here; I'll be watching your talk page. —C.Fred (talk) 22:39, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Edit warring
You are risking having your editing rights blocked for Edit warring. Take your concerns to the talk page of the article in question. Catfish Jim  &#38; the soapdish  22:36, 2 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Agreed with Catfish Jim. The best approach right now is to discuss the changes on the talk page. Let other editors change the article if they agree with your reasoning. —C.Fred (talk) 22:39, 2 January 2011 (UTC)